ThePatriarch's 50 gal tank

[ThePatriarch]

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Acropora staghorn adopted from sir rocky








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[neverwinter]

Nc tank bro. What ilaw mo dito?

[yoki]

Seems like bleached na base ng sps bro. Anong nangyari?

[thurrmac]

noticed ko din yun base... maintain lang good params
bro... magheal din yan

[ThePatriarch]

thanks sir rocky! lalo ako tuloy na-inspire sa hobby na ito!

sir neverwinter, bale 8 pcs t5ho 39watts each housed sa 2 aquazonic quads ang lights ko po

[Leica]

[ThePatriarch]

[thurrmac]

[seth]

That's more like necrosis, not bleaching. Bleaching would start at the top part, not at the base. If the light intensity is insufficient or too much.

Bro how's your calcium and alkalinity reading? Also check the flow.

I do not have any long term experience with SPS (not a guru/expert either) but IME parameters that are out of range are the ones we should always look out for.

Do a quick check for everything, parameters first, then the water flow. If they are all okay, allelopathy is also a possible cause.

Good luck bro and hope your frag recover soon!

[seth]

I forgot to mention phosphates... Too much phosphate in the tank will inhibit calcification of stony corals, and will promote algal growth which in turn would kill corals especially SPS.

Soft corals and some LPS are generally tolerant but SPS corals are particularly sensitive to elevated phosphate levels. I believe this is more critical to manage than nitrates. I have personally witnessed a healthy birdsnest colony thrive in a tank with 80 ppm nitrates, but I have yet to see an SPS thrive in a tank with high PO4.

[ThePatriarch]

[Leica]

ThePatriarch's dapat po ata 460 calcium

[ThePatriarch]

[seth]

Good to hear the parameters are within optimal range. I agree with Leica, taas mo na lang ng dahan-dahan yung Calcium. Sigurado makaka-reover kaagad yan since okay naman yung parameters mo.

Just keep everything stable and adjust slowly para hindi stressful sa LS mo.

[yoki]

Biglaan ba pumuti bro o dahan dahan? Me brownish tissue na humiwalay? Lots of causes, but common reason, stress, depends if tank raised or wild, can be water params, lighting, parasite, phos laden rock base, lps and softies toxin, investigate lang bro, then correct slowly the posibble cause.